The 649 k-12 districts in New York State have been recalculated
according to their "points" accumulation. The added information is
derived from the 1994-l995 Regents performance data presented in the
recently released New York:State of Learning document.Those
interested in reviewing the performance of their
district
electronically [ http://www.nysed.gov/chap655/distlist.html ] can
access
New York State Education Department directly.

In terms of leadership for Regents focused reform of secondary
programs, it is most encouraging to see the original 67 "bulls-eye"
districts (low points score of 10.5) have expanded to 86 ( new low points
score of12.5) or 13 percent of all k-12 jurisdictions state wide.

Based upon the decision threshold rules used in the Networking High
Performance in New York's Secondary Education text, any k-12 district
could gain up to 10.0 more full points. The additions would be added to
their existing totals. Full points were given for districts that:

graduate 60 percent or more seniors with Regents diplomas and have
an estimated 85 percent or more college bound intentions

had 80 percent take the year end test and, of that number,
80 percent pass in Regents Global Studies, History/Government,
Intermediate Mathematics, Biology.

had 67 percent take the year end test and, of that number,
80 percent pass in Regents Advanced Mathemetics and Chemistry.

had 40 percent take the year end test and, of that number,
80 percent pass in Regents Spanish, French and Physics.
One half points were also awarded for districts that came close to the
required threshold tamdem of year end test taking and passing but in a
different proportion. For example, a district who reported 78
percent students taking the year end test in Global Studies and 95
percent passing would receive on half point.

The best l994-l995 year performance were turned in by
Garden City, Half Hollow Hills and Manhasset districts (9.0 out of
10.0). Garden City retained its top ranking in New York State from the
initial points rating in the Networking text. With the l994-l995
addition of information Jericho, Syosset,Rockville Centre, Half Hollow
Hills, Fayetteville-Manlius, Roslyn, Cold Spring Harbor, Briarcliff
Manor,East Williston, Pittsford and Westhill districts now compose the
state's "top ten rank" order.

Using the lowest score of the initial 67 "target" districts as
baseline, a new target identity of 12.5 or better points accumulation
was created with the
l994-l995 addition. Districts that reached the new target threshold for
the first time included Oyster Bay,Seaford, Pearl River,Yorktown,Carle
Place, Dobbs Ferry, Nanuet, Blind Brook, Burnt Hills, Harborfields,North
Shore, Honeoye Falls,Geneseo, Sachem, Lynbrook, Mattituck, East Aurora,
Tully and Lowville jurisdictions.

An important new statistic, the rate of climb, was derived
from adding the l994-l995 information to the initial Networking points
score.
The rate of climb is the one year gain expressed as a proportion
ratio of the existing total. In terms of renewed commitment to a Regents
driven secondary improvement, it is most encouraging to see top rated
districts that
climbed at a 1.50 or better ratio in l994-l995. Target districts
exceeding 1.6 include Lowville,Seaford, Hasting-on-Hudson, Harborfields,
Tully, Oyster Bay, Pearl River, Yorktown, Highland Falls, Vestal and
Fairport.

Another important statistic noted are the number of Regents subject
variances a district had in operation during the year. Because
performance was not identified for each subject under variance points
were not calculated. A district with several variances (e.g.,
Westhill, Great Neck,Clinton, Elwood, Commack, Spackenkill, Pearl River,
Smithtown ) must remain a question in terms of calculating overall performance and in
relative comparison with other top districts.

Because there is great possibility of confusing the simple
ordering of two or more districts with the same scores, a ranking of
districts is given. Note that the eighty six target districts of New
York State create thirty eight ranks

DISTRICT

County

NEW-TOTAL

OrigUP-Pts

Climb

Vari.

NEW-RANK

Garden City

Nassau

38.0

29.0

1.31

0

1

Jericho

Nassau

34.0

27.0

1.25

0

2

Syosset

Nassau

34.0

26.0

1.30

0

2

Rockville Ctr

Nassau

33.5

26.5

1.26

2

3

Half Hollow Hill

Suffolk

33.0

24.0

1.37

0

4

Fayetteville-Manlius

Onondaga

32.5

24.5

1.32

0

5

Roslyn

Nassau

32.0

23.5

1.36

0

6

Cold Spr Harbor

Suffolk

32.0

25.5

1.25

0

6

Briarcliff Manor

Westchester

31.0

23.0

1.34

0

7

East Williston

Nassau

30.5

23.5

1.29

0

8

Pittsford

Monroe

30.0

22.5

1.33

0

9

Westhill

Onondaga

29.5

23.0

1.28

5

10

Manhasset

Nassau

29.0

20.0

1.45

0

11

Ardsley

Westchester

28.0

19.5

1.43

2

12

Great Neck

Nassau

28.0

20.5

1.36

4

12

Three Village

Suffolk

26.5

19.5

1.35

2

13

Herricks

Nassau

25.0

19.0

1.31

0

14

New Hartford

Oneida

25.0

17.0

1.47

1

14

North Colonie

Albany

24.5

18.0

1.36

0

15

Clinton

Oneida

24.0

18.5

1.29

5

16

Jamesville-Dewitt

Onondaga

23.5

18.5

1.27

0

17

Plainview

Nassau

22.5

14.5

1.55

2

18

Marcellus

Onongada

22.5

14.5

1.55

2

18

Amherst

Erie

22.0

18.5

1.18

0

19

DISTRICT

County

NEW-TOTAL

Orig
UP-Pts

Climb

Vari.

NEW-RANK

Clarkstown

Rockland

22.0

18.0

1.22

3

19

Bellmore-Merrick

Nassau

22.0

15.0

1.42

2

19

Elwood

Suffolk

21.5

17.0

1.26

4

20

Commack

Suffolk

21.5

15.0

1.43

4

20

S. Orangetown

Rockland

21.5

14.0

1.53

0

20

Hasting/Hudson

Westchester

21.0

12.0

1.75

2

21

Mount Sinai

Suffolk

21.0

15.0

1.40

0

21

Maine-Endwell

Broome

21.0

16.0

1.31

0

21

Wayne

Wayne

20.5

15.0

1.36

2

22

Brighton

Monroe

20.5

14.5

1.41

1

22

Kings Park

Suffolk

20.0

15.0

1.33

0

23

Voorheesville

Albany

20.0

13.5

1.48

0

23

Bryam Hills

Westchester

19.5

14.0

1.39

0

24

Skaneateles

Onondaga

19.0

13.0

1.46

2

25

Sayville

Suffolk

19.0

12.5

1.52

0

25

Penfield

Monroe

18.5

13.0

1.42

1

26

Vestal

Broome

18.5

11.5

1.60

0

26

Westhamp Bch

Suffolk

18.5

14.0

1.32

0

26

Cazenovia

Madison

18.0

12.5

1.44

0

27

Hewlett-Woodmere

Nassau

17.5

13.0

1.34

0

28

Mahopac

Putnam

17.5

13.5

1.29

0

28

Niskayuna

Schenectady

17.5

14.0

1.25

2

28

West Irondequoit

Monroe

17.5

13.5

1.29

0

28

Spackenkill

Dutchess

17.0

11.0

1.54

3

29

Oyster Bay

Nassau

16.5

10.0

1.65

0

30

Miller Place

Suffolk

16.5

12.0

1.37

0

30

Spencerport

Monroe

16.5

10.5

1.57

2

30

Town of Webb

Herkimer

16.5

11.0

1.50

0

30

Locust Valley

Nassau

16.5

10.5

1.57

0

30

Pleasantville

Westchester

16.5

10.5

1.57

0

30

Shelter Island

Suffolk

16.5

14.5

1.13

0

30

Long Lake

Hamilton

16.5

11.5

1.43

0

30

Southold

Suffolk

16.5

14.0

1.17

0

30

Seaford

Nassau

16.0

9.0

1.77

0

31

Pelham

Westchester

16.0

12.0

1.33

0

31

Rye City

Westchester

15.5

12.0

1.29

2

32

DISTRICT

County

NEW-TOTAL

Orig UP
Pts

Climb

Vari.

NEW-RANK

Port Jefferson

Suffolk

15.5

11.5

1.34

0

32

Chappaqua

Westchester

15.0

11.0

1.36

0

33

Keene

Essex

15.0

11.0

1.36

0

33

Shorham-Wading

Suffolk

14.5

11.5

1.26

1

34

Pearl River

Rockland

14.0

8.5

1.64

4

35

Yorktown

Westchester

14.0

8.5

1.64

0

35

Carle Place

Nassau

14.0

9.5

1.47

0

35

Bethlehem

Albany

14.0

10.5

1.33

0

35

Westport

Essex

13.5

10.5

1.28

0

36

Dobbs Ferry

Westchester

13.5

9.5

1.42

1

36

Smithtown

Suffolk

13.5

11.0

1.22

4

36

Nanuet

Rockland

13.5

10.0

1.35

0

36

Blind Brook

Westchester

13.0

10.0

1.30

0

37

Hamburg

Erie

13.0

10.5

1.23

1

37

Burnt Hills

Saratoga

13.0

9.0

1.44

0

37

Harborfields

Suffolk

13.0

7.5

1.73

0

37

North Shore

Nassau

13.0

9.0

1.30

2

37

Honeoye Falls

Monroe

13.0

9.0

1.44

0

37

Geneseo

Livingston

13.0

10.0

1.30

2

37

Tully

Onondaga

12.5

7.5

1.66

0

38

Lowville

Lewis

12.5

6.5

1.92

0

38

Romulus

Seneca

12.5

10.5

1.19

2

38

Sachem

Suffolk

12.5

8.5

1.47

2

38

Lynbrook

Nassau

12.5

8.5

1.47

2

38

Mattituck

Suffolk

12.5

9.0

1.38

0

38

East Aurora

Erie

12.5

9.0

1.38

0

38

.

It is important to remember that 87 percent of the 649 New York
State k-12 districts ( 563 jurisdictions) scored below the jurisdictions
listed above. These data now represent the accumulation of Regents
Diploma scoring for the eight years since l987-l988 coupled to the
accumulation of scoring in nine Regents subjects for four years since
l991-l992 academic year.